bathe
the act of swimming
- the Englishman said he had a good bathe
• Hypernyms:
swimming, swim
1. cleanse the entire body (Freq. 5)
- bathe daily
• Derivationally related forms:
bather, bathing
• Hypernyms:
cleanse, clean
• Hyponyms:
shower
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- They bathe
- They bathe themselves
2. suffuse with or as if with light (Freq. 2)
- The room was bathed in sunlight
• Hypernyms:
envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. clean one's body by immersion into water
- The child should bathe every day
• Syn:
bath
• Derivationally related forms:
bath (for: bath), bather, bathing
• Hypernyms:
cleanse, clean
• Hyponyms:
foment
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
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